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Now for my own personal view of John DeLorean!

My brother and I met John DeLorean at his farm in August, 1998. We were both very impressed with the man. He has been through a lot of legal crap since the collapse of the DeLorean Motor Comany, and his name and reputation has been destroyed by the press.

Even so, he remains a very friendly, approachable man. When I called him at his home around the end of July 1998, he didn't mind me calling him at all. To my surprise, when I asked if I could meet him when I would be in the New Jersey area, he said to call him again when I was in the area, and I could come up to his house!

Well, I did, and on August 2nd, my brother and I drove up the long driveway to his beautiful home. He came out to greet us, and then led us through his home to the back of his house. We had a really interesting conversation for about an hour - we talked about the North of Ireland and how the peace talks were progressing at that time. John was genuinely interested in this, and showed a lot of concern for the people involved in the conflict.

We spoke about the motor industry. One company in particular I remember discussing with him was Subaru, whom John said are their own worst enemy - they make great but very ugly cars. I wonder what John thinks of the current Subaru Imprezza, by far the most hideous contraption on wheels ever built! They should hire John as a consultant for a few weeks - I'm sure he would point them in the right direction and triple their sales as he did for Pontiac so many years ago!

At the time we called to his house, we were just starting out on a 3500 mile journey across America in my brothers IROC camaro. John DeLorean told us about a time he drove across in his Porsche 928, and the waterpump expired in New Mexico, leaving him stranded for a few days while the new pump was ordered! (I wish I had listened more carefully to the moral of this story - never drive a Porsche through the middle of nowhere, if something breaks, you're screwed!! During a trip to Las Vegas last summer, in a Porsche 924 my friend and I had bought for the summer, the engine decided to self destruct in the middle of the mojave desert! What a mess!)

We also spoke about the new car he is currently developing. Please visit http://www.deloreantime.com for the most up to date information on this exciting project! I wish him the best of luck.

Anyway, after about an hour, I got a photo taken with John, and he autographed some enlarged prints of a DeLorean. Click on the thumbnails below to see these photos.

John DeLorean came to his first DeLorean Car show last year, in Cleveland, Ohio. The show was organised by Ken Koncellic, and the website is http://www.deloreancarshow.com

It was a great opportunity for the DeLorean owners who attended to finally see the man himself, and tell him how much they admired his work, what he has achieved in his life, and how we all love his car! John really enjoyed himself, and promised to attend the next major show, which will be held in Memphis, TN, in 2002. Make sure you don't miss it!

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